Unofficial Mario Kart appears for iPhone called Mole Kart

Nintendo’s lawyers are probably already on the phone to Apple making sure no one ever gets to play Mole Kart on an iOS device via the App Store. As you can see from the video below it looks almost like Mario Kart, but without that Nintendo sheen.

The reason Nintendo can easily have Mole Kart banned is the fact it classes as theft. The level designs have clearly been lifted from Mario Kart Wii along with many of the game mechanics. The main difference is new textures and some terrible looking karts and characters.

The iOS game has been developed/stolen by Chinese developer Taomee, and they aren’t worried about putting their name next to it as their logo features prominently at the start of the video. Some screenshots and artwork for the game have also been found as you can see above. Unfortunately, it looks just about good enough to get iOS gamers not familiar with Mario Kart interested.

Although Mole Kart may never appear on the official App Store, it will be made available over file-sharing networks. That defeats the point of Taomee releasing the game as they make no money, but without an official Mario Kart game on iOS it could still prove popular.

While it may look very similar, it needs to be played to see how it handles. Using touchscreen controls it won’t rival the original, but based on the little time spent on the graphics, I doubt the gameplay and kart handling has been refined. It’s probably best to give this one a miss even if you do see it being offered for free somewhere.